We will discuss three topics which are pertinent to this specific configuration template.

Discussion 1 – WorkItemTypes

The default template only migrates work items of type Bug. If you wish to migrate other work item types you have two options:

Remove explicit work item type definitions, which will process all work item types encountered.

Add more explicit work item type definitions for other work items types to be migrated.

Discussion 2 – MappedFields

The default template is suited for migrations, in other words moving from source (left) to target (right). If you want to perform synchronizations, you have to not only define the mapping from left to right, but also from right to left as follows:

Note: <- 1 … the * –>* rules means that we are mapping everything from left to right, or right to left, unless a more explicit mapping is defined as is the case for Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Priority in the default template.

Discussion 3 – Disabling Link Relationships

BY default there are custom settings for linking, which means that link relationships will be analyzed and migrated where possible.